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Report to the US Congress: Chinese naval modernisation

Report to the US Congress: Chinese naval modernisation

Gepostet von | 31 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Congressional Research Service presents a report on Chinese naval armaments to Congress on 20 January 2022 China's naval modernisation has become the focus of US defence planning and budgeting. China's navy has emerged as a formidable military force and is increasingly conducting manoeuvres in distant waters, including the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and waters around Europe. The PLAN is a challenge for the US Navy to maintain control of the Western Pacific in the event of war - the first such challenge since the end of the Cold War. The long-held status of the United States as the leading military power in the...

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Aegis on land

Aegis on land

Gepostet von | 31 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

The US Navy's newest base is now in Poland! The first crew members have moved into their accommodation and facilities. The move into the 50 million dollar multi-purpose building at the Naval Support Facility Redzikowo took place on Thursday. The strategic facility in northern Poland is part of NATO's European missile defence system. The NSF Redzikowo is located around 120 kilometres west of Gdansk on the Baltic coast. The Aegis Ashore missile defence system integrates the systems of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers stationed in Rota (Spain) and the Aegis capabilities of the Naval Support Facility Deveselu in Romania. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has taken over the airbase, which was once...

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Ladies' electric patrol

Ladies' electric patrol

Gepostet von | 31 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

The Dutch are faster again: Dutch battery system supplier EST-Floattech has delivered three 273kWh units for the new electrically powered patrol boats to Amsterdam. There, the police will patrol the canals in an environmentally friendly way. These are the Patrol Vessels 1304 built by Damen, and two more boats are currently under construction. EST-Floattech supplied the complete package of Green Orca batteries, battery management systems and battery control units, all in its own design. Source: EST-Floattech B.V.- Jan Hein Reeringh...

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Russia's naval manoeuvres

Russia's naval manoeuvres

Gepostet von | 30 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Addendum from 30.01.2022: Russia has withdrawn the notification of the firing project in the Irish EEZ - the exercises are now to take place outside the Irish area of interest. For more details see further "News" on Russian naval movements on this page. Article from 27.01.2022: These days it is probably necessary to bring together all available information and create an overall picture. Here, too, it is important to separate appearance from reality as far as possible. The information provided here is therefore not quite as fresh as we had hoped, but it is backed up by at least two reliable sources. That takes time. Baltic Sea Already on Monday...

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Russian naval manoeuvre also in the Black Sea

Russian naval manoeuvre also in the Black Sea

Gepostet von | 29 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Following manoeuvres by the Baltic Fleet in the Baltic Sea and the Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, units of the Black Sea Fleet have now also left their bases for exercises, according to the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. Here, too, more than twenty ships and boats from the ports of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk on the Black Sea and from Kerch and Rostov-on-Don at both ends of the Sea of Azov are to form formations close to the Russian coast, but also for further-reaching projects (beyond the Bosporus?). From almost every one of the units stationed in this region...

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